Curtain-bracket.



0. E. WYLIE.

CURTAIN BRACKET. APPLICATION men mm: 1. Ian. RENEWED 1511:1522. ma.

1,275,821, Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

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curtain bracket.

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spe ciiicatioii of LettersjTatentn Patented A II gQI3, 1918.

Application med June 1,.1917,Seria1 172,247. Renewed June 22, 1913.seriainq. 241,438. r

To all whom it may concern: l.

Be it knownthat I, OREN E.;WYLIE, a

citizen of: the United States, residing at Washington, {in the county ofWashington and State of Kansas, have inventedcertain useful Improvementsin Curtain-Brackets, of which the following is a specification,refcrence being had therein to the accompanying drawing. i

The present invention has reference gen erally to improvements inthatclass of ins ventlons known as curtains, shades and screensand moreparticularly relates to a tion resides in theiprovisioniof novelmeansfor removably. clampingthe bracket in e115, gagementwith the upper endsof a window casing. i

More particularly, presentlinvention embraces the provision ofcooperative relatively adjustable angle clamps on the bracket andarranged to engage the inner and outer corners of the window casing soas to ef fectively supportthe bracket:

The invention as afurther improvements.

consists in theprovision of novelmeans for adjusting the removable angleclamps form ing a part of the bracket.

Among the other aims and objects of the present invention may be recitedthe provision of a device of the character mentioned with a view tocompactness, and in which the number of parts are few, the construe-ftion simple, the cost of production low and the efliciency high.

Other improvements and novel details in the constructlon and arrangementof the various parts of the apparatus will be brought out more in detailin the description to fol low, which for a clear understanding of theinvention should be considered in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming a part hereof, wherein is disclosed for the purpose ofillustration a convenient and satisfactory embodiment of the invention.

It is to be'noted in this connectionthat Va rious minor changes in theconstruction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromthe spiritof the invention or the principle of operation of thevariousparts. i

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich-- N a Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention in positionon a window casing.

takenionline 2 -2 of, Fig. .1.

Fig. isa perspective detail of one ofthe brackets. Y

Similar reference characters are employed in all-ofthe above describedviews, to india window casing including side pieces 1 and an upper crosspiece 2 connected at the re.

spective ends by means of caps 3. RemOVf ably mounted atflthe uppercorners of the, p r i q casingaboutthel caps are improvedcurtain As theprimary aimand obj-ect,zthisinven+ bracketsconsistsof a body 5which isdis} posed diagonally across the outer face of one In the present;instance eachpof these.

.. L q 1 Fig. 21s an enlarged.transversesection ofathe; capsandextending in, a direction from the inner corner .to 113116 outerlcorner thereof, the outer endbeingbent at right,

angles and twisted so as to be arranged diagonally of the plane of thebody, being secured totthe inner surface. ofja stationary angleyclamp 6by means of a suitable as teningdevice 7. As indicated in the drawingsthe stationary angle clamp is engageable with the outer corner of one ofthe caps 3 so that theopposite end of the body projectsbeyond the innercorner of thecasing while an inwardly extending flange 8 is formedthereon.

Cooperating with the stationary angle c1amp'6 is a movable angle clamp 9which is arranged so that the outer surface thereof will engage theinner corner of the window casing.

As intimated improved means have been providedfforad usting the movableangle clamp. In reducing this feature of the invention to practice, ascrew 10* is adjustably mountedin the threaded aperture 11 in the flange8 while a ball 12 is formed on the inner end of the screw and isuniversally mounted in a. socket 13 carried by the inner surface of themovable angle clamp 9 at its point-of distortion 14. .A wing head 15 isformed on the outer end of the screw and facilitates manual adjustmentthereof to consequently move the angle clampsfi and 9 respectively intoengagement with the outer and inner corners of the casing as indicatedin Fig. 1. a r

In orderfltoprovide improved means on the bodies 5 of each of thebrackets lfor supporting a curtain rod or the like angle.

" brackets are in supports 16 are employed,the securingportions 17 beingrigidly connected'to thebodies -intermediate the ends thereof bysuitable fastening devices 18, so as to maintain the 'It'is thought inview of the 'foregoing'description that a further detailed descriptionof the operationof the invention is entirely specific features oi theinvention herein deunnecessary; Likewise it is believed that theadvantages of the invention will be readily apparent. I I r V As manychanges could be-made 1n the above construction and many apparentlyWidelyditlerent embodiments of this invention could be'inadewithoutdeparting from the scopethereof, and it is intended that all mattercontained in the a-bo edescription or shown 'in the accompanyingdrawings shall" bB d'DtQIPTBtGCl as illustrative and not in a; lim tedsense. It 1s also to be understood that the language used in thefollowing claim is intended to cover all the generic and the position asindicated inscribed and all statements of the scope of the inventionwhich as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus fully described this invention, what is claimed as new anddesired to be secured by Letters-Patent, is:

In acurtain bracket comprising a body for'medfi-om a piece of strapmeta] adapted to be disposed diagonally across the outer face of one capof a window casing and having the outer portion bent at right angles andtwisted'so as'to be arranged diagonally ofthe'plane of the body, astationary angle clamp carried by the outer bent portion of the body andadapted for engagement with the outer corner of the cap of a windowcasing, an inwardly extending flange formed on the inner end of the bodyand having a threaded opening therein, a movable angle clampadapted'for' engagement in the inner corner of the window casing, asocket earri'ed by the inner surface of the movable angle clamp adjacentthe point of distortion thereofi'a screw adjustably mounted in theopening in the flange and universally connected in the flange'in' thesocket, a wing head formed on the screw for facilitating adjustment, anda curtain rod support carried by'the outer face of the body.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

OREN E. VVYLIE.

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V Washington, D. 0.

